Table 12.3

Reported Deaths and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1996 to 2005

Lung Waiting List

Ethnicity/Race Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total Patients 3,545 4,018 4,528 4,870 5,145 5,377 5,403 5,554 5,656 5,280
Deaths 420 437 520 600 518 532 529 489 514 394
Rate 206.9 184.5 185.6 190.7 152.2 149.0 144.8 131.3 135.2 113.7
White Patients 3,070 3,485 3,905 4,157 4,367 4,524 4,502 4,613 4,713 4,374
Deaths 352 360 420 489 425 425 418 373 421 294
Rate 199.0 175.8 173.1 181.7 147.8 141.9 137.6 121.1 133.9 102.6
African American Patients 279 318 376 442 484 540 542 555 550 507
Deaths 42 44 59 59 54 61 71 75 49 47
Rate 270.0 233.6 263.2 208.1 165.4 165.5 189.1 198.9 126.1 135.0
Hispanic/Latino Patients 150 161 180 197 216 229 252 276 292 273
Deaths 20 26 30 38 28 33 28 29 36 41
Rate 255.1 260.3 266.7 295.0 189.8 214.2 162.3 156.8 186.3 236.6
Asian Patients 33 38 48 58 67 71 85 88 77 95
Deaths 5 6 6 11 11 10 9 10 5 8
Rate 276.4 269.2 217.8 301.2 236.3 222.0 158.9 146.4 81.7 135.1
Other/Multi-race Patients 13 16 19 16 11 13 19 20 23 30
Deaths 1 1 5 3 - 3 2 2 3 4
Rate 117.1 97.9 449.4 454.3 - 337.4 206.1 163.0 188.3 247.3
Unknown Patients - - - - - - 3 2 1 1
Deaths - - - - - - 1 - - -
Rate - - - - - - * * * *


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2006.

Patients alive on the waiting list at any time during the year are counted. Period at risk begins

the later of January 1 or waiting list registration and ends on the earlier of December 31,date of death, or date of removal for other reasons. Please see Technical Notes for further details about death rate computation.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.